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Reverence Quotes by Mark Twain
- Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.
- We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking. And out of it we get an aggregation which we consider a…
- The dreamer's valuation of a thing lost - not another man's - is the only standard to measure it by, and his grief for it…
- We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.
- We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency,…
- It's name is Public opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.
More Reverence Quotes
- Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both ... Our… — John Ruskin
- Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves. — Norm MacDonald
- I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence,… — John Adams
- I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of… — Ezra Taft Benson
- The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and thus almost… — Annie Besant
- Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we… — Samuel Butler